Beaufort, Isère

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Beaufort

Commune

Beaufort at the beginning of the 20th century

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Coordinates: 45°19′38″N 5°07′21″E﻿ / ﻿45.3272°N 5.1225°E﻿ / 45.3272; 5.1225
Country| France
Region| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department| Isère
Arrondissement| Vienne
Canton| Bièvre
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Christiane d'Ornano[1]

Area

| 8.69 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 576
• Density| 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code|

38032 /38270

Elevation| 266–374 m (873–1,227 ft)
(avg. 280 m or 920 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaufort (French pronunciation: [bofɔʁ] ⓘ) is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.[3]

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaufortois or Beaufortoises.[4]

## Geography

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Beaufort is located some 50 km north-east of Grenoble and 8 km east of Beaurepaire. Access to the commune is by the D73 road which changes to the D519D then the D519 from Lapeyrouse-Mornay in the east which passes through the commune north of the village and continues east, changing again to the D519, to Marcilloles. Access to the village is by the D73C which branches from the D73 in the commune and continues south to join the D130 just outside the commune. the D156B branches from the D73 in the commune and goes south-east to Thodure. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Bas Beaufort and Chantabot. The commune is entirely farmland.[5][6]

La Raille stream flows through the commune from north-west to south-east where it continues to join the Torrent de la Perouse at Viriville. In the north-west of the commune are canals and ponds for a fish farm.[5][6]

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Neighbouring communes and villages[5]

| Saint-Barthelemy | Pommier-de-Beaurepaire | Pajay

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Beaurepaire |

Beaufort

| Marcilloles
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Marcollin | Lentiol | Thodure

## Toponymy

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Beaufort appears as Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]

## Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[9]

From | To | Name

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2001 | 2020 | Norbert Bouvier
2020 | 2026 | Christiane d'Ornano

## Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 548 inhabitants.

Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1793 | 425| —
1800 | 399| −0.90%
1806 | 562| +5.88%
1821 | 601| +0.45%
1831 | 674| +1.15%
1836 | 723| +1.41%
1841 | 757| +0.92%
1846 | 704| −1.44%
1851 | 739| +0.98%
1856 | 702| −1.02%
1861 | 651| −1.50%
1866 | 660| +0.27%
1872 | 596| −1.69%
1876 | 567| −1.24%
1881 | 558| −0.32%
1886 | 520| −1.40%
1891 | 514| −0.23%
1896 | 476| −1.52%
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1901 | 460| −0.68%
1906 | 471| +0.47%
1911 | 442| −1.26%
1921 | 408| −0.80%
1926 | 352| −2.91%
1931 | 376| +1.33%
1936 | 381| +0.26%
1946 | 354| −0.73%
1954 | 367| +0.45%
1962 | 380| +0.44%
1968 | 373| −0.31%
1975 | 337| −1.44%
1982 | 369| +1.30%
1990 | 406| +1.20%
1999 | 415| +0.24%
2007 | 531| +3.13%
2012 | 577| +1.68%
2017 | 548| −1.03%

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Source: EHESS[10] and INSEE[11]

## Culture and heritage

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* The Fountains of Beaufort are classed as a Sensitive natural area.[12]

## Notable people linked to the commune

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* Joseph Vacher (1869-1896), a criminal, considered to be one of the first serial killers in France was born in the commune.

## See also

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* Communes of the Isère department

## References

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1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ INSEE commune file
4. ^ Inhabitants of Isère (in French)
5. ^ a b c Beaufort on Google Maps
6. ^ a b Beaufort on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
7. ^ Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map
8. ^ Beaufort on the 1790 Cassini Map
9. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
10. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Beaufort, EHESS (in French).
11. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
12. ^ Discover the Espaces Naturels Sensibles of Isère, www.isere.fr, p. 26 (consulted on 22 July 2014) (in French)

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Communes of the Isère department

* Les Abrets en Dauphiné
* Les Adrets
* Agnin
* L'Albenc
* Allemond
* Allevard
* Ambel
* Anjou
* Annoisin-Chatelans
* Anthon
* Aoste
* Apprieu
* Arandon-Passins
* Artas
* Assieu
* Auberives-en-Royans
* Auberives-sur-Varèze
* Auris
* Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors
* Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin
* Avignonet
* La Balme-les-Grottes
* Barraux
* La Bâtie-Montgascon
* Beaucroissant
* Beaufin
* Beaufort
* Beaulieu
* Beaurepaire
* Beauvoir-de-Marc
* Beauvoir-en-Royans
* Bellegarde-Poussieu
* Belmont
* Bernin
* Besse
* Bessins
* Bévenais
* Bilieu
* Biol
* Biviers
* Bizonnes
* Blandin
* Bonnefamille
* Bossieu
* Le Bouchage
* Bougé-Chambalud
* Le Bourg-d'Oisans
* Bourgoin-Jallieu
* Bouvesse-Quirieu
* Brangues
* Bressieux
* Bresson
* Brézins
* Brié-et-Angonnes
* Brion
* La Buisse
* La Buissière
* Burcin
* Cessieu
* Châbons
* Chalon
* Chamagnieu
* Champagnier
* Champier
* Le Champ-près-Froges
* Champ-sur-Drac
* Chamrousse
* Chanas
* Chantepérier
* Chantesse
* Chapareillan
* La Chapelle-de-la-Tour
* La Chapelle-de-Surieu
* La Chapelle-du-Bard
* Charancieu
* Charantonnay
* Charavines
* Charette
* Charnècles
* Charvieu-Chavagneux
* Chasse-sur-Rhône
* Chasselay
* Chassignieu
* Château-Bernard
* Châteauvilain
* Châtel-en-Trièves
* Châtelus
* Châtenay
* Châtonnay
* Chatte
* Chavanoz
* Chélieu
* Chevrières
* Le Cheylas
* Cheyssieu
* Chèzeneuve
* Chichilianne
* Chimilin
* Chirens
* Cholonge
* Chonas-l'Amballan
* Choranche
* Chozeau
* Chuzelles
* Claix
* Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans
* Clelles
* Clonas-sur-Varèze
* Cognet
* Cognin-les-Gorges
* Colombe
* La Combe-de-Lancey
* Corbelin
* Corenc
* Cornillon-en-Trièves
* Corps
* Corrençon-en-Vercors
* La Côte-Saint-André
* Les Côtes-d'Arey
* Les Côtes-de-Corps
* Coublevie
* Cour-et-Buis
* Courtenay
* Crachier
* Cras
* Crémieu
* Crêts en Belledonne
* Creys-Mépieu
* Crolles
* Culin
* Les Deux Alpes
* Diémoz
* Dizimieu
* Doissin
* Dolomieu
* Domarin
* Domène
* Échirolles
* Eclose-Badinières
* Engins
* Entraigues
* Entre-deux-Guiers
* Les Éparres
* Estrablin
* Eybens
* Eydoche
* Eyzin-Pinet
* Faramans
* Faverges-de-la-Tour
* La Flachère
* Flachères
* Fontaine
* Fontanil-Cornillon
* La Forteresse
* Four
* Le Freney-d'Oisans
* La Frette
* Froges
* Frontonas
* La Garde
* Gières
* Gillonnay
* Goncelin
* Le Grand-Lemps
* Granieu
* Grenay
* Grenoblepref
* Gresse-en-Vercors
* Le Gua
* Le Haut-Bréda
* Herbeys
* Heyrieux
* Hières-sur-Amby
* Huez
* Hurtières
* L'Isle-d'Abeau
* Izeaux
* Izeron
* Janneyrias
* Jarcieu
* Jardin
* Jarrie
* Laffrey
* Lalley
* Lans-en-Vercors
* Lavaldens
* Laval-en-Belledonne
* Lavars
* Lentiol
* Leyrieu
* Lieudieu
* Livet-et-Gavet
* Longechenal
* Lumbin
* Luzinay
* Malleval-en-Vercors
* Marcieu
* Marcilloles
* Marcollin
* Marnans
* Massieu
* Maubec
* Mayres-Savel
* Mens
* Merlas
* Meylan
* Meyrié
* Meyrieu-les-Étangs
* Meyssiez
* Miribel-Lanchâtre
* Miribel-les-Échelles
* Mizoën
* Moidieu-Détourbe
* Moirans
* Moissieu-sur-Dolon
* Monestier-d'Ambel
* Monestier-de-Clermont
* Monestier-du-Percy
* Monsteroux-Milieu
* Montagne
* Montagnieu
* Montalieu-Vercieu
* Montaud
* Montbonnot-Saint-Martin
* Montcarra
* Montchaboud
* Monteynard
* Montfalcon
* Montferrat
* Montrevel
* Mont-Saint-Martin
* Montseveroux
* Moras
* Morestel
* Morette
* La Morte
* La Motte-d'Aveillans
* La Motte-Saint-Martin
* Mottier
* Le Moutaret
* La Mure
* La Murette
* Murianette
* Murinais
* Nantes-en-Ratier
* Nivolas-Vermelle
* Notre-Dame-de-Commiers
* Notre-Dame-de-l'Osier
* Notre-Dame-de-Mésage
* Notre-Dame-de-Vaulx
* Noyarey
* Optevoz
* Oris-en-Rattier
* Ornacieux-Balbins
* Ornon
* Oulles
* Oyeu
* Oytier-Saint-Oblas
* Oz
* Pact
* Pajay
* Panossas
* Parmilieu
* Le Passage
* Le Péage-de-Roussillon
* Pellafol
* Penol
* Le Percy
* La Pierre
* Pierre-Châtel
* Pisieu
* Plan
* Plateau-des-Petites-Roches
* Poisat
* Poliénas
* Pommier-de-Beaurepaire
* Ponsonnas
* Pontcharra
* Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin
* Pont-de-Chéruy
* Le Pont-de-Claix
* Pont-en-Royans
* Pont-Évêque
* Porcieu-Amblagnieu
* Porte-des-Bonnevaux
* Prébois
* Presles
* Pressins
* Primarette
* Proveysieux
* Prunières
* Quaix-en-Chartreuse
* Quet-en-Beaumont
* Quincieu
* Réaumont
* Renage
* Rencurel
* Revel
* Revel-Tourdan
* Reventin-Vaugris
* Rives
* La Rivière
* Roche
* Les Roches-de-Condrieu
* Rochetoirin
* Roissard
* Romagnieu
* Roussillon
* Rovon
* Royas
* Roybon
* Ruy-Montceau
* Sablons
* Saint-Agnin-sur-Bion
* Saint-Alban-de-Roche
* Saint-Alban-du-Rhône
* Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre
* Saint-Andéol
* Saint-André-en-Royans
* Saint-André-le-Gaz
* Saint Antoine l'Abbaye
* Saint-Appolinard
* Saint-Arey
* Saint-Aupre
* Saint-Barthélemy
* Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne
* Saint-Baudille-de-la-Tour
* Saint-Baudille-et-Pipet
* Saint-Blaise-du-Buis
* Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne
* Saint-Bueil
* Saint-Cassien
* Saint-Chef
* Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans
* Saint-Christophe-sur-Guiers
* Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour
* Saint-Clair-du-Rhône
* Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure
* Saint-Didier-de-Bizonnes
* Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour
* Sainte-Agnès
* Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde
* Sainte-Blandine
* Saint-Égrève
* Sainte-Luce
* Sainte-Marie-d'Alloix
* Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
* Saint-Étienne-de-Crossey
* Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
* Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine
* Saint-Geoirs
* Saint-Georges-de-Commiers
* Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche
* Saint-Gervais
* Saint-Guillaume
* Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens
* Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte
* Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier
* Saint-Honoré
* Saint-Ismier
* Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne
* Saint-Jean-de-Bournay
* Saint-Jean-de-Moirans
* Saint-Jean-de-Soudain
* Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx
* Saint-Jean-d'Hérans
* Saint-Jean-le-Vieux
* Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière
* Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms
* Saint-Just-Chaleyssin
* Saint-Just-de-Claix
* Saint-Lattier
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* Saint-Marcel-Bel-Accueil
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* Saint-Martin-de-Vaulserre
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* Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
* Saint-Maurice-en-Trièves
* Saint-Maurice-l'Exil
* Saint-Maximin
* Saint-Michel-de-Saint-Geoirs
* Saint-Michel-en-Beaumont
* Saint-Michel-les-Portes
* Saint-Mury-Monteymond
* Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes
* Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin
* Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
* Saint-Ondras
* Saint-Paul-de-Varces
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* Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux
* Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
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* Saint-Pierre-de-Méaroz
* Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
* Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont
* Saint-Prim
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* Saint-Quentin-sur-Isère
* Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas
* Saint-Romain-de-Surieu
* Saint-Romans
* Saint-Sauveur
* Saint-Savin
* Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux
* Saint-Sorlin-de-Morestel
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* Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires
* Saint-Théoffrey
* Saint-Vérand
* Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu
* Saint-Victor-de-Morestel
* Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze
* Salagnon
* Salaise-sur-Sanne
* La Salette-Fallavaux
* La Salle-en-Beaumont
* Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse
* Sarcenas
* Sardieu
* Sassenage
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* Savas-Mépin
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* Septème
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* Sermérieu
* Serpaize
* Serre-Nerpol
* Seyssinet-Pariset
* Seyssins
* Seyssuel
* Siccieu-Saint-Julien-et-Carisieu
* Siévoz
* Sillans
* Sinard
* Soleymieu
* La Sône
* Sonnay
* Sousville
* Succieu
* La Sure en Chartreuse
* Susville
* Têche
* Tencin
* La Terrasse
* Theys
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* Tignieu-Jameyzieu
* Torchefelon
* La Tour-du-Pinsubpr
* Le Touvet
* Tramolé
* Treffort
* Tréminis
* Trept
* La Tronche
* Tullins
* Valbonnais
* Val-de-Virieu
* Valencin
* Valencogne
* La Valette
* Valjouffrey
* Varacieux
* Varces-Allières-et-Risset
* Vasselin
* Vatilieu
* Vaujany
* Vaulnaveys-le-Bas
* Vaulnaveys-le-Haut
* Vaulx-Milieu
* Velanne
* Vénérieu
* Venon
* Vernas
* Vernioz
* La Verpillière
* Le Versoud
* Vertrieu
* Veurey-Voroize
* Veyssilieu
* Vézeronce-Curtin
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* Vif
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* Villard-Saint-Christophe
* Villefontaine
* Villemoirieu
* Villeneuve-de-Marc
* Ville-sous-Anjou
* Villette-d'Anthon
* Villette-de-Vienne
* Vinay
* Viriville
* Vizille
* Voiron
* Voissant
* Voreppe
* Vourey

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